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Of Palm Oil and Extinction

Source
National Geographic

Publication Date
2013-08-02

You know the old question: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a noise? I’m not quite sure why that question came to mind when news came out of the extinction of Dipterocarpus coriaceus, or keruing paya, in West Malaysia.

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http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/31/of-palm-oil-and-extinction/